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Services for Students with Disabilities
Realtime Captioning
Remote
Realtime Captioning converts the spoken word into instant text which is simultaneously shown on a laptop screen at the student's desk. A highly skilled stenocaptioner hears the lecture via wireless microphone and types the text to be displayed to the student's screen. This technology is widely utilized by the deaf and hearing-impaired community as an alternate to American Sign Language. It is important to notify the office of Services for Students with Disabilities with advance notice, preferably three to four weeks, if this service is desired so proper scheduling of service can be made.
Typewell
TypeWell is a transcription system that allows COCC to hire and train its own transcriber to provide communication access and notetaking services for students and others who need such support. It is an effective learning tool for deaf and hard-of-hearing students and staff, as well as those with visual, physical or learning difficulties.
How it works: A hearing transcriber uses a notebook computer with abbreviation software to transcribe meaning-for-meaning what is said in class lectures and discussions. The students read the transcription in real time from a second computer. Students can also type questions and comments to the transcriber during class, and even take their own notes on the reader computer.
In addition to communication access during class, TypeWell transcribers usually provide notes for after-class use. These notes can be given "as is" to the student or edited to be useful educational notes. For example, any behavioral control remarks can be removed, along with educationally irrelevant comments. Spelling and grammar can be corrected, and confusing structures clarified. This leaves the students with printed notes that are readily approachable in length and relevancy.
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